Many states have Fetal Homicide laws. California's statute is as follows:Section 187, Murder defined: death of a fetus. Paragraph A-- Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being or a fetus with malice aforethought.In total 37 states have some form of fetal homicide laws. They include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.So the odds are, the state you live in has a law like this. The key portion is the malice and forethought.

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